GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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WordMeaning
stemthe main trunk of a plant
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
prognosticateto foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
contrivedevise
commandeerto compel to perform military service